![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He has always maintained his innocence.ĭuring her speech, Ms Higgins alleged: 'I was raped on a couch in what I thought was the safest and most secure building in Australia'.īrittany Higgins (left) accused Bruce Lehrmann of raping her in Parliament House. The call, Mr Korn claimed, took place two days before Ms Higgins delivered her address alongside former Australian of the Year and sexual assault survivor, Grace Tame.Īt the time, Mr Lehrmann had been charged over allegations that he raped Ms Higgins inside Parliament House after a night out in 2019. The content of the call can now be revealed after bombshell files were released this week by a Board of Inquiry, which is investigating the way the jury trial against Mr Lehrmann was handled in October last year.Ī statement by Mr Lehrmann's former lawyer John Korn detailed a phone call he claims to have had with ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold SC, on February 7, 2022. Bruce Lehrmann's defence lawyer warned the lead prosecutor in the rape trial of the former Liberal staffer not to let Brittany Higgins address the national Press Club in a heated phone call, according to documents released by an inquiry. ![]()
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